Archive for July 2006

So They Loaded Up the Truck and Moved to Beverly

July 28, 2006 By
So I open up the paper today and see that Exxon Mobil posted a $10.4 billion profit for the second quarter. Profit! And that’s up 36 percent from last year. Dumb me — I just sold my Exxon Mobil stock. ...

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Ain’t Brown Grand?

July 20, 2006 By
I just spent the day visiting several superintendents in the northern California area. Ray Davies, senior operations manager and director of golf course maintenance and construction for Tracy, Calif.-based CourseCo, gave me a tour of several of the company’s facilities. ...

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The Human Touch Rules

July 12, 2006 By
Have you heard the news about LESCO? The Cleveland-based provider of turf products is going back to its old way of doing business. It must — to survive. LESCO announced late last week that it expected a $4 million net ...

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Retief Tells It Like It Is

July 6, 2006 By
Remember the gripe fest the U.S. Open turned into two years ago at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club? Several golfers, including Tiger Woods, went off on the United States Golf Association and complained that the course played way too harshly on ...

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